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Friday, May 27, 2011

Indonesia : Thousands of Poultry Dead Due to Bird Flu In Kalteng

" About four thousand birds in the District Murung Raya, South Barito, Gunung Mas and North Barito, Central Kalimantan Province (Central Kalimantan) in the last month of sudden death due to bird flu virus.

"Department of Agriculture and Livestock of Central Kalimantan, until now there has been able to confirm the origin of the virus, said Head of the Department of Agriculture and animal husbandry Tute Kalteng Lelo (27/5).

According to him, now the Department of Agriculture and Livestock of Central Kalimantan, have lowered the team down to the districts assisted by a team of experts from the Veterinary Research Institute Banjarbaru. He said although thousands of chicken infected with the virus have died, but not a single case of this virus is transmitted to humans."